Earlier today I posted a blog about songs that shouldn't ever be redone. I gave my opinion, and also added about songs that have been good, or better as a cover than the original.
Throughout the day I was thinking about other "remakes" or "covers" that have been done. For instance, there's an entire line of "Pickin' On" CD's. Each CD takes the music of a group, or artist, and redoes the songs as bluegrass. I discovered them when I was looking for a Brooks & Dunn CD for my son. Didn't find the one I was looking for, but did find "Pickin' On Brooks & Dunn". I knew my son liked bluegrass too, so I bought the CD for him; he loved it.
Bette Midler has done several covers of songs. The one that brought her to the attention of the masses was a cover of "Boogie, Woogie Bugle Boy", originally done by the Andrews Sisters in the 1940's.
I have two personal favorite cover songs that most people I know don't like. One is a song I heard in Tower Records a long time ago; a Punk Ska version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
The other song is Prince's "Raspberry Beret", redone by the Derailers.
As I'm writing this, I keep thinking of other songs I could list here; however, I won't for now. I'll save it for a later blog.
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